swoon

This all makes the economy especially vulnerable to a stock market swoon.

Pessimists recalled the last time New Yorkers swooned over a charismatic mayoral candidate who inspired the young and promised a new era: John Lindsay.

The company’s shares have swooned since the Oct.

They almost convinced everyone that their injury-plagued summertime swoon, their painfully leaky bullpen and their shaky World Series performance meant that the most expensive collection of talent ever assembled was vulnerable.

Stocks swooned into the red, later clawing back some of that ground to finish the trading session mixed.